How do we integrate Dharma into life

Life is tender and fragile. We maybe here now but in
the next moment, we may not be. What is the purpose of
amassing wealth, the 5 Cs if we cannot bring the wealth over after
we died? Shouldn't we be spending energy and time on cultivating
the mind, do good and spend quality time with our loved
ones/friends/strangers-who-can-be-friends?

On the other hand, It is so expensive to fall sick in
singapore because of how expensive the hospital bills can be.
Therefore some of us may work so hard for our future retirement,
payment to our health insurances coverage and
preparing the inevitable things - our loved ones or
ourselves will fall sick and died. In the process, we place
priority on world matters more than spiritual matters.
We may lose touch with ourselves and neglect the
spiritual aspects.

How does a buddhist integrate Dharma into their job
and life?

Sometime, a people's job is so stressful that they do
not have time and energy to practise. How does a buddhist cultivate
in their daily life?

erm... no... don't quit your job too easily. There is no such
thing as a less stressful job. It depends on how you handle
stress.

Well... try to do meditation... breath in the air.... when you
are irritated by the mundane stuff... walk around. Look at the
green plants outside your office window if you have (lol) Don't sit
and let your thoughts go wild. Exercise and eat healthily.

Talk to your friends and family about your problems in your
work. It can be a good outlet to release stress. In my case, i
still trying to be as mindful as possible.. although i can't
completely be unaffected, i try to minimize it. I have never been
angry at people for a long long time... frustration yes hahaha.
(peace) Be patient... Soon you will be a happier person.

if the job is really making you miserable... try finding a job
that suits your personality... good luck!

(9:26 PM) AEN:
btw L said some jobs require alot of effort or grasping to be done
well. when he try to completely let go or degrasp, things may not
be done that well.. so his job performance

may be affected
(9:26 PM) AEN:
tats also y he wanna change job
(10:00 PM) Thusness:
he should spent more quality hours in meditation...
(10:01 PM) Thusness:
its okie to grasp and do well for his job even though the
sense of self arise
(10:01 PM) AEN:
oic how come
(10:01 PM) AEN:
y shld he spend more hours in mediation and y sense of self arise
is ok?
(10:02 PM) Thusness:
because that is a form of practice
(10:02 PM) AEN:
what is a form of practice?
(10:03 PM) Thusness:
his job.
(10:03 PM) Thusness:
however if it takes up even the quality hours for practice, then he
must consider changing job.
(10:03 PM) AEN:
u mean if no time to meditate, change job?
(10:04 PM) Thusness:
yes.
(10:04 PM) AEN:
icic..
(10:05 PM) Thusness:
even when one experiences non-duality, when situation where
conditions are strong for dualism to take place, non-dualists face
problem too.
(10:06 PM) Thusness:
and the situation really present itself as a good opportunity for
practice.
(10:06 PM) AEN:
oic..
(10:06 PM) Thusness:
there is be a lot of grasping and spending quality hours in
meditation is important
(10:07 PM) Thusness:
the grasping will create the strong contrast when one sits
especially for non-dualists becauses the pathless is already
seen.
(10:07 PM) AEN:
oic..
(10:07 PM) AEN:
y pathless is seen then create strong contrast?
(10:08 PM) Thusness:
but if the job nature is too unreasonable, then he should change
for a better job but not so much for spirituality.
(10:09 PM) Thusness:
when the pathless is seen, he already know the 'how' of directly
experiencing our buddha nature
(10:09 PM) Thusness:
just that when condition becomes harsh, the sense of self arises
and throws one out of non-dual and force us to think dualistically
to react
(10:10 PM) Thusness:
but that is rather the result of a lack of strength in
practice
(10:10 PM) AEN:
oic..
(10:11 PM) Thusness:
but until a certain stage, he should look for a job that
allows him to have more time to experience the deeper clarity and
luminosity aspect
(10:11 PM) Thusness:
espeically once the emptiness nature is clearly seen
(10:11 PM) AEN:
icic..
(10:12 PM) Thusness:
one should feel the most of each moment of sensation
(10:12 PM) Thusness:
as if each moment is the crux of experience
(10:12 PM) AEN:
oic..

As suggested by your nom de plume; Metta with Mindfulness!
Bring the equanmity of your practice into daily life, develop an
attitude of ordinary mind, a lighthanded constant vigilance!
It is all well to want a lighter livelihood, but we are so attached
to the needs and wants of ourselves and our loves ones that we may
quickly realise that the lack of money is the real root of evil
when we transition to a slower pace! Ha! Ha!

Acknowledge life is unsatifactory and embrace it wholeheartedly.
Master life as you would a warrior, swift and direct without
indulging in all those internalizing, negative habits and emotions!
We get burnt out due to mental overdrive! Sense the ebb and flow in
different aspects of your life and you find the leisureliness and
the ease of flow!
Perhaps a retreat is in order, to develop and maintain deeper
equanmity and optimism to continue over in daily life.
Without seeing life as drudgery,engage and celebrate life and you
will find an increase bountiful energy!

Hi Metta
Gene Reeves wrote in, The Stories of Lotus Sutra, “While Medicine
Buddha is the Buddha of the East, just as Amida Buddha is the
Buddha of the West, Shakyamuni Buddha is the Buddha of this world
in which suffering both has to be endured and can be. He is special
to us because he suffers himself in order to understand the
suffering of others, be compassionate toward them, and offer wise
and compassionate help, like a wise and good physician. He is the
Medicine Buddha of this world who offers us the Dharma as the good
medicine. He is a loving father who long to lead us to enter the
Buddha way.”

No doubt the first noble truth of suffering does pinpoint us to
the truth of Dukkha. However, it does also call us to have a
balance view of life via the middle path. Buddha did not ask us to
escape the world but to live in the world so that our body may
become the embodiment of his teaching.

Whatever tough time one is going thru in life, do hang on. There
will be days when one is down and lonely. However, know that
Shakyamuni had also gone thru that path of life, hang on it will
change. Shakyamuni will always be there for us but we need to be
the wise child to partake the medicine which is Dharma to detoxify
our negativity.

I shall end with Dalai Lama kind reminder, “If a problem is
fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it,
then there is no need to worry. If it’s not fixable, then there is
no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying
whatsoever.”

flat nowaday also very expensive hor. i think those who buy
housing to earn big money and make the housing
expensive will have a sort of karma to it. when u make others
stressful, you will be stressful too. then again when people cannot
get marry, they also cannot get marry. hmm...dunno is it a bad
or good thing...hmm :)

It is possible to integrate Dharma teachings into one's daily
life. Every aspect, in fact.

For example, when there are things you can't do for a particular
customer, you explain as patiently and as sincerely as possible.
When he or she lashes out at you, you remind yourself to be mindful
of any negative feelings that might arise in you, and you continue
to listen as patiently as possible to the customer's complaint.

Buddhist practice basically revolves around the core teaching of
'Do all that is good, do no evil, and purify your mind'.

So anything that is helpful to achieving the above behaviour or
outcome, can be considered as practising or integrating the Dharma
into one's life.

In terms of work stress, maybe you can identify what are those
causes of stress and what are the possible ways to reduce or even
eliminate those causes.

If you feel that after trying out many ways and you still find
yourself unable to cope, or from your personal experience, you can
tell that this job will not bring you the kind of satisfaction you
are looking for in the long run, especially in terms of practising
the values taught in Buddhist teachings, then perhaps it is time to
consider looking out for another job.

y Friend was working through an agency and when she was working only from 12 noon till 6pm. While working, she was informed by her colleague (lets name her Anna) that she was allowed to take the vouchers and the free items since CNY was coming to and end